An Anne Arundel County home’s ties to enslavement can be found beneath its soil and in the historic record.
But descendants of those enslaved believe their history is threatened.
When you enter the Belvoir Manor house from the basement and climb the stairs to the first floor you encounter history.
Julie Schablitsky, the chief archaeologist for the Maryland Department of Transportation, said the original stone house was built by Francis Scott Key’s grandparents in 1736. Then a brick addition was built in the 1780s by the owner and enslaver, Dr. Upton Scott.
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